HBO’s The Sympathizer, based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, greets us with an epigraph. It reads, “All wars are fought twice. The first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory.” It’s fitting,…
Image: California Highway Patrol Los Angeles citizens can rest easy knowing that a criminal theft ring is no longer stalking the city’s retail stores to feed a Lego black market. That’s because the California Highway Patrol (CHP) announced this week…
Image: Bluesky Bluesky is apparently ready for a bigger challenge. It says it’s allowing heads of state to sign up now, a little over two months after it opened for general signups. In May last year, the site asked its…
This week saw some fun trailers tapping into heady science fiction, comic book movies, and taboo horror, each with a fun mixed genre twist. Joker: Folie à Deux is a comic book movie about the love affair of The Joker…
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The Xgimi MoGo 2 Pro is an excellent Android TV projector with Chromecast built-in. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge Let’s face it, a big TV isn’t always an option, especially if you live in a tiny apartment…
The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times’ revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.With only a handful of…
Next year, NASA will blast astronauts back to the moon. This is their 21st-century ride.The European Space Agency — which helped build the Orion spacecraft that will carry four passengers — just posted an image of the tall vehicle before…
Elon Musk has long warned of the dangers of AI. However, it doesn’t seem that he’s all that concerned over X’s own flawed AI chatbot, Grok, which recently created and promoted dangerous fake stories.Musk is reportedly so unconcerned with Grok’s…
Photo by Edie Leong for The Washington Post via Getty Images Tesla is reducing the subscription fee for its Full Self-Driving (FSD) driver-assist software in a reflection of the company’s continuing financial hardships. The company slashed the price to $99…

